Education of children is the first thing that foreign families are looking for when they decide to relocate out of their home country. Tianjin is well sourced with International Schools and Wellington College International Tianjin is one of the most prestigious institutions. Julian Jeffrey has been appointed recently as the new Master, and we sat down with him to discuss the ever-changing landscape of education and to talk about some of the unique features Wellington is offering in town. Wellington provides high quality education that makes Tianjin rank at the top of the list when parents are looking for international education in China.
In this issue our editor spoke to William Bao Bean to discuss the trends, demands and pleasures of the start-up scene. He is one of the best known ex-pat venture capitalists and start-up mentors in China. William gained a strong reputation as a research analyst before he moved into venture capital. Born in the US and of Chinese and Scottish ancestry, he is the General Partner at SOSV with its Chinaccelerator and MOX start-up accelerators and is deeply knowledgeable about the intricacies and hazards typical of Chinese business.
Lionel Messi has participated in advertising campaigns to promote WeChat internationally, but Tencent was unable to reach minimum acceptable quota of the messaging apps global cake. Wechat has occupied every touch point of an average Chinese person’s mundane life, but there are factors that are holding back WeChat’s overseas expansion plans. We dig a little deeper in order to get some insights on market-specific reasons that are disrupting the international success of Chinese brands like WeChat.
The surge of Bitcoin in price since the beginning of 2017 made headlines and attracted masses of people who decided to join the cryptocurrency hysteria. Invented in 2009 as the first currency not backed by any government and central bank, it is valued exclusively by the forces of supply and demand. We introduce you through ‘In Depth’ this month to a few cryptocurrencies that might be the next Bitcoin: Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ripple and ZCash.
We publish again in this issue a great variety of interesting articles such the future of performance management under the HR column, and a tech piece with suggestions to fly through the sky when you get stuck in traffic.
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